5 ATHOLL CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8EJ, SCOTLAND
- Tel:
- Work 0131 225 1677
- Fax:
- Fax 0131 225 4519
- DX:
- 113 EDINBURGH-1
- Web:
- www.gillespiemacandrew.co.uk
- Email:
Christian Kenneth Bowling Melville
- Tel:
- Work +44 131 260 7565
- Email:
Work Department
Private client.
Position
Partner specialising in trusts and tax, including asset and estate protection through lifetime and death planning, succession planning, wills, trust creation and administration (private and charitable trusts). Additionally involved with advising on adults with incapacity legislation, with special focus on power of attorney and guardianship.
Career
Trained Brodies WS; qualified 1995; solicitor 1995-98; associate 1998-2002; partner 2002-05; partner Gillespie Macandrew WS 2005. Writer of succession section Butterworths ‘Scottish Older Client Law Service’; director of Woodfield Estates Limited.
Languages
French (conversational); German (basic).
Member
Writer to the Signet; Society of Trust and estate Practitioners.
Education
Glenalmond College; Dundee University (LLB 1987); RMA Sandhurst (1988 Commission); Edinburgh University (1993 Dip LP).
Leisure
Skiing, mountaineering, motorcycle touring, fishing.
Practice Areas
Charities and not-for-profit; Contentious trusts and probate; Private client
